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=== Citizen Science & Outreach Projects === | === Citizen Science & Outreach Projects === | ||
The Field Museum (FM) hosted community scientists to participate in digitization projects at the Field Museum Collections Club. | |||
Fourteen community scientists attended an event in December 2022, learned about this project and its main objectives, and barcoded | |||
~1800 specimens of flowering plants from Africa; in January 2023, 32 community scientists barcoded a further 5271 specimens. | |||
In April 2023, FM hosted a WeDigBio Event, wherein community scientists were invited to participate in digitization | |||
projects at the Field Museum. FM also hosted a Bank of America Community Volunteering Program, where 18 people | |||
attended and barcoded 2976 African plant specimens. Finally, FM Members' Night events provided FM members with the | |||
opportunity to visit behind-the-scenes areas to meet scientists and learn about their research projects, including a display | |||
about this project in the Imaging Lab. | |||
#AfricanPlants series | #AfricanPlants series | ||